Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife

March 8th is International Woman's Day!

To commemorate the struggle for equality for women all over the world and depict the journey we've made, Monsieur Maurice composed 2 compilations.

The first paints a picture of the view on women before female emancipation. The second will celebrate female empowerment.

Tracks

01 Wives And Lovers - Nancy Wilson
02 For The Love Of Him - Bobbi Martin
03 Queen Of The House - Jody Miller
04 I Enjoy Being a Girl - Doris Day
05 Girls Were Made To Take Care Of Boys  - The King Sisters
06 Band of Gold - Petula Clark
07 One Hundred Pounds of Clay - The Shirelles
08 Little White Lies - Kay Starr
09 You Only See Her - Verdelle Smith
10 Personality - Dinah Shore
11 Girl Talk - Joanie Sommers
12 Wishin' and Hopin' - Nancy Sinatra
13 Waiting for Charlie to Come Home - Marlena Shaw
14 Ladder Of Success - Skeeter Davis
15 Born A Woman - Judy Stone
16 Homework  - Sarah Vaughan
17 Theme From 'Valley Of The Dolls' - Gladys Knight & The Pips
18 Dreams of the Everyday Housewife - Jeannie Seely
19 One's On The Way - Loretta Lynn

Check this place out in a few days for the second instalment to celebrate the fight for women's equality!

Enjoy !

Mixin' It Up Again...

Several years ago, Monsieur Maurice presented his first series of "Mixtapes". A collection of CD's consisting of the same tracks, but in different versions, by different artists and in different styles. As you all know by now, Monsieur Maurice's taste in music is a bit eclectic. You will find pop-songs, musical numbers, easy listening, jazz standards,... all in one delightful mash-up.

 

 Tracks

01 Soulful Strut (Am I the Same Girl) - The Keith Mansfield Orchestra
02 Cast Your Fate to the Wind  - Quincy Jones
03 California Dreamin' - Carpenters
04 American Pie - Harald Winkler
05 Do You Know Where You're Going To (Theme From Mahogany) - Johnny Mathis
06 God Only Knows - Olivia Newton-John
07 Windy - Bud Shank
08 A Taste Of Honey - Charlie Byrd
09 Nature Boy - Gabor Szabo
10 Começar De Novo - Ivan Lins
11 Wild Is The Wind - Dave Pike
12 Someone To Watch Over Me - Mary Hopkin
13 Day By Day - Prepare Ye The Way Of the Lord - Colleen Hewett
14 Slaughter On Tenth Avenue - James Last
15 Apache - Incredible Bongo Band
16 Wonderful Land - Mike Oldfield
17 Bluesette - Quincy Jones
18 Last Tango In Paris - Robin Kenyatta
19 Theme from 'Shaft' - Enoch Light & The Light Brigade

Each Mixtape gives you a glimpse in the mind of Monsieur Maurice. I hope you'll enjoy the ride...

(You can find the link in the Comment section.)

 

For those who missed the first series of Mixtapes, here's a re-post

MM's Mixtape Vol. 2

MM's Mixtape Vol. 4

MM's Mixtape Vol. 3

MM's Mixtape Vol.1

We'll Get By...

 ...With A Little Help From Our Friends !

A new year... A new beginning...

A new installment of 'Ladies Sing The Beatles II'

 

 

Tracks

01 Help! - Dolly Parton
02 For No One - Emmylou Harris
03 I'm Leaving Home (She's Leaving Home) - Kathy McCord
04 Isn't It A Pity - Nina Simone
05 Imagine - Sarah Vaughan
06 Rain - Petula Clark
07 With A Little Help From My Friends - Chris Clark
08 The Long And Winding Road - Cissy Houston
09 Love - Marion Montgomery
10 Good Day Sunshine
11 Octopus Garden - Doris Day
12 Blackbird - Catherine McKinnon
13 Yesterday - Patti LaBelle & Her Belles
14 Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da - Dana Valery
15 Mother - Barbra Streisand
16 A Hard Day's Night - Dionne Warwick
17 Run For Your Life - Nancy Sinatra
18 This Girl - Shirley Abicair
19 Oh My Love - Cilla Black
20 Yellow Submarine - Mrs Miller 

Brought to you by Monsieur Maurice, and wishing you all the best for 2021!

Enjoy Life, Enjoy Love and Enjoy the Music...

MM

Happy Holidays !

 It's been a while since we had snow here in our part of the country. Global warming and all...

So here's my Gift to you all ... a Monsieur Maurice Holiday Compilation of the song 'Winter Wonderland'. 

Tracks :

01 Louis Armstrong - Winter Wonderland
02 Shirley Horn -  Winter Wonderland
03 Booker T & The MG's - Winter Wonderland
04 The Partridge Family - Winter Wonderland
05 Doc Severinsen - Winter Wonderland
06 Brenda Lee - Winter Wonderland
07 Laurie Johnson Orchestra - Winter Wonderland
08 Cyril Ornadel - Winter Wonderland
09 Hugo & Luigi - Winter Wonderland
10 Etta James - Winter Wonderland
11 Chet Baker - Winter Wonderland
12 Doris Day - Winter Wonderland
13 Camarata -  Winter Wonderland
14 Wayne Newton - Winter Wonderland
15 Jørgen Ingmann - Winter Wonderland
16 Aretha Franklin - Winter Wonderland
17 John Davidson - Winter Wonderland
18 The Three Suns - Winter Wonderland
19 The Andrews Sisters - Winter Wonderland
20 Arthur Lyman - Winter Wonderland
21 Lena Horne - Winter Wonderland
22 Ron Goodwin - Winter Wonderland
23 Ella Fitzgerald - Winter Wonderland
24 The Count Basie Orchestra - Winter Wonderland
25 Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass - Winter Wonderland
26 Peggy Lee - Winter Wonderland
27 Living Guitars - Winter Wonderland/Sleigh Ride
28 Pinky & Perky - Winter Wonderland

In the early days of this Blog, Monsieur Maurice made his first Holiday Compilations from the track 'Sleigh Ride'. What started out as kind of a joke, turned out to be a rather "enjoyable listening experience". The 'Sleigh Ride' Compilations have never been re-posted. So here they are, especially for you...

Enjoy! 

MM

 

Sleigh Ride

Sleigh Ride Galore

Listen... Do You Want To Know A Secret...

Do you promise not to tell ??? O o ho hoo... Closer...

But not too close! Covid-19 remember!

Monsieur Maurice wasn't done with "Ladies Singing The Beatles". So here is the next volume.

 

Tracks

01 Come Together - The Supremes
02 I Dig Love - Asha Puthli
03 All Together Now - Joy Unlimited
04 I Feel Fine - The Chicks
05 All My Lovin' - Mary Wells
06 Do You Want To Know A Secret - Keely Smith
07 Here There And Everywhere - Suzanne
08 Maybe I'm Amazed - Sandie Shaw
09 What Is Life - Olivia Newton-John
10 Golden Slumbers - Elis Regina
11 Something - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
12 Every Night - Claudine Longet
13 My Sweet Lord - The Chiffons
14 I Should Have Known Better - Mary Wells
15 Tu Perds Ton Temps (Please Please Me) -  Petula Clark
16 Maxwell's Silver Hammer - Anita Harris
17 Twist And Shout - Dinah Lee
18 One After 909 - Helen Reddy
19 Beatles Rhapsody - Anita Harris

 

This one starts of a little trippy... but bear with me ;-)

Check out the 'Comment' section. 

I wish all of you lots of love from your loved ones, a good health and let's beat this damn virus, so we can be close to one another again.

Love

MM

 

For those who are craving even more Beatles, the links to Volume 1 and MM Digs Sgt. Peppers are still active.

Ladies Sing The Beatles Disk 1

Ladies Sing The Beatles Disk 2

MM Digs Sgt. Peppers

 

 

The Rocketman...

Another installment with tunes from 'The Rocketman'... all Monsieur Maurice Style. So take it easy and enjoy.

Tracks

01 Benny And The Jets - 101 Strings
02 Rocket Man - John Morell
03 Ballad Of A Well Known Gun - Kate Taylor
04 Philadelphia Freedom - MFSB
05 Lowdown Hoedown - Hugo Montenegro
06 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Ray Conniff
07 Friends - Franck Pourcel
08 We All Fall In Love Sometimes - Wayne Newton
09 Sixty Years On - Heaven & Earth
10 Funeral For A Friend - Simon Park Orchestra
11 Tonight - Franck Pourcel et son Grand Orchestre
12 Border Song (Holy Moses) - Aretha Franklin
13 Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Ray Conniff
14 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Zoot Sims
15 Come Down In Time - Lani Hall
16 The Greatest Discovery - Lettermen
17 Daniel - The Jimmy Castor Bunch
18 Candle In The Wind - Claude Papesch
19 Part-Time Love - Paul Mauriat
20 Honky Cat - 101 Strings
21 The Bitch Is Back - Hugo Montengro

If you missed out on the previous Elton post, here is a chance to grab it again

MM's Stereo - Elton

 

Wishing all of you lot's of love and courage to get trough these hard times.

MM

Encore des Violons!

 Bonjour tout le monde !

Today Monsieur Maurice  presents to you even more violins. The second installment of Attention Violons!

Tracks

01 En Chantant - Jean Claude Borelly
02 La Ballade Des Gens Heureux - Caravelli
03 La Chanson d'Helene - Franck Pourcel
04 Mourir D'aimer - Raymond Lefèvre
05 J'ai Tellement de Choses a Dire - Paul Mauriat
06 Ma Mère Me Disait - Caravelli
07 Cent Mille Chansons - Paul Mauriat
08 Le Chanteur Malheureux - Caravelli
09 Le Bal des Laze - Raymond Lefèvre
10 Emmanuelle 2 - L'amour D'aimer - Raymond Lefèvre
11 Parce Que Je T'aime Mon Enfant - Franck Pourcel
12 Les Rues De La Grande Ville - Caravelli
13 13 jours en France - Raymond Lefèvre
14 Pardonne-Moi ce Caprice D'enfant - Paul Mauriat
15 Je Vais T'aimer - Raymond Lefèvre
16 La Maladie d'Amour - Raymond Ruer
17 Jeux Interdits - Paul Mauriat
18 Je N'aurai Pas Le Temps - Franck Pourcel And His Orchestra
19 L'amour C'est Comme Les Bateaux - Paul Mauriat
20 Je Pars - Paul Mauriat
21 Le Premier Pas - Raymond Lefèvre
22 Une Simple Mélodie - Franck Pourcel
23 Boum! - Michel Legrand Et Son Orchestre

Alors, en dégustant du pain, du vin et des Violons!

Au revoir 

MM